Delbert Day

Delbert E. Day is an American engineer, currently the Curator's Professor Emeritus of Ceramic Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, who made the first U.S. glass melting experiments in micro-gravity on NASA’s Space Shuttle. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering, Society of Glass Technology, American Ceramic Society and National Institute of Ceramic Engineers.[1][2]

Day earned a bachelor of science degree in ceramic engineering from the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (now Missouri S&T) in 1958, and a master of science degree and doctorate in ceramic technology from Pennsylvania State University in 1959 and 1961, respectively.[3]

Day co-invented TheraSphere glass microspheres for medical and dental applications, and Glasphalt which recycles waste glass for use in asphalt paving.[3] In 1984, Day founded the Mo-Sci Corporation in Rolla, Missouri, which manufacturers high-tech glass products; as of 2007, the company is solely owned by Day's son, Ted.[4]

In 2011, the Delbert Day Cancer Institute was created at the Phelps County Reginal Medical Center, funded by a gift from Day's son and daughter-in-law, Ted and Kim Day.[5]

Day and his wife, Shirley, have donated to his Missouri S&T alma mater for establishment of a Day Family Endowed Scholarship in Materials Science & Engineering.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. Delbert E. Day". Missouri University of Science and Technology. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Dr. Delbert E. Day". National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Penn State alumnus Delbert Day named National Academy of Inventors Fellow". Pennsylvania State University. March 24, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ Milne, Stuart (February 27, 2015). "Bioactive Glass: An Interview with Ted Day". AZO materials. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ "A new Day in cancer research" (PDF). Missouri S&T Magazine. Vol. 85 no. 1. Spring 2011. p. 22. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Donors: Shirley and Delbert Day". Missouri University of Science and Technology. Retrieved February 10, 2018.


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